In doubles play, the Lady Bears earned the point as the country's 37th-ranked doubles team of Victoria Kisialeva and Blair Shankle defeated Natalie Beazant and Liat Zimmermann, 6-3. Meanwhile, the pairing of Ema Burgic and Alex Clay snagged the second victory over Solomiya Zinko and Alison Ho, 6-2.

In singles action, the Lady Bears won five of the six matches played. Jordaan Sanford took control of the first point as she beat out Kimberly Anicete, 6-0, 6-2, on court 4. Following the win, Alex Leatu defeated Zinko, 6-3, 6-2 on court 6. Shankle snagged a win over Ho, 6-4, 6-4, and Kisialeva fought to clinch the match against Katherine Ip, 7-6(7-5), 0-6, 10-1.

Rice earned its only point after Burgic retired from her match against Beazant. To end the contest, the 38th-ranked Kiah Generette defeated Dominique Harmath, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

The Lady Bears now hold a 7-1 record and Rice leads the all-time series 12-7.

HIGHLIGHTS

Sanford only gave up two games in singles action

Burgic and Clay won their first doubles match of the season

Burgic played her first match of the season, after missing much the fall season with an injury.

STAT OF THE MATCH5 - the number of matches Baylor has won in a row against Rice.

TOP QUOTE #1"Overall, the star was the team. Everybody competed hard and made things really difficult on Rice and that's all we can ask for. Play the best you can with what you have and we did that today." - Head coach Joey Scrivano

TOP QUOTE #2|"It's great to have her back on the lineup. She looked very good today. She's one of the best players in the country and she showed why she is today." - Scrivano on Burgic

WHAT'S NEXTThe Lady Bears will be back in action on Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. when they will face Vanderbilt at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.

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